Illuminated stick of umbrella



June 24, 1941. A. L. CAMPBELL I ILLUMINATED STICK OF UMBRELLA Filed NOV.25,. 1940.

' INVENTOR lie/2a L. Campb/l QKT TOR Patented June 2 4, 194i UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE ILLUMINATED STICK F UMBRELLA Anna L. Campbell,Philadelphia, Pa. Application November 25, 1940, Serial No. 367,097

2 Claims.

ally controlled, and wherein the guide serves as a warning signal todrivers of vehicles, such as automobiles, street cars, and the like, inorder to protect the user from the danger of being struck by thevehicle. A portion of the unit also may be used as a flash-light tolight the ground over which a person travels.

It is an object of my invention to provide an umbrella having a visualportion at both the tip of the umbrella and also at the handle of theumbrella.

Another object of my invention is to provide an umbrella having a singlesource of light for both the handle and tip of the umbrella, and whichsource of light may be adiustably posihoned.

Another object of my invention is to provide an umbrella having a visualsignaling unit whereby the size and/or proportions of the umbrella willnot be materially altered.

Another object of my invention is to provide a flashlight casing as ahandle for an umbrella.

Other objects of my invention are to provide an improved device of thecharacter described,

that is easily and economically produced, which is sturdy inconstruction and which is highly eflicient in operation.

With the above and related objects in view, my invention consists in thedetails of construction and combination of parts, as will be more fullyunderstood from the following description, when read in conjunction withthe accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary front elevational view of an umbrella embodyingmy invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of an umbrella embodying my invention.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1.

Referring now in detail to the'drawing, I show an umbrella, generalydesignated as A, which includes a st'aii or stick, generally designatedas B, made of a methyl meth-acrylateresin or acrylic acid product, alsosold under the trade-mark Lucite wherein rays of light can betransmitted through the stick. The stick B has a tip In which may have aseries of threads therein in order to screw upon the end of the staff Bwhich is complementarily threaded. The outer end l0 0! the staff enableslight rays to be made visible because of the transmission 01' light raysthrough the methacrylate resin staff B and into the tip Ill. The lightsource is an electric flashlight battery, generally designated as 0,within a oasing of the customary flashlight construction, which maybemetallic or of an electric insulation compound, and where it has anelectric light bulb I! at one end thereon.

A push button I! actuates the light to on-orofl' position. Theflashlight is rotatably mounted on two pins or bearings I 6, each ofwhich passes through the flashlight casing C, a flashlight holding andencircling band l8, and through one arm 20, the latter partiallyencircles the body of the flashlight C. Each of the pins l6 pass througheach of the flexible spaced arms 20, 20 that are joined by a stickattaching member D, the latter has a bore and internal threads 22whereby it may be threaded upon the other end of the stick B.

Each of the flexible arms 20 is of arcuate shape to complement theflashlight casing C whereby the combination serves as a handle. Eacharm-2d is held close to the casing C by virtue of an expansible spring2% located between one end of rivet l6 and the arm 20; conversely thearms 20, 28 spread against the tension of each of the springs 24 whenthe flashlight C is turned from its vertical position to the horizontalposition as shown in Fig. 1.

Each spring 24 abuts a washer or casing which may partially orcompletely cover the spring so that-it harmonizes with the handle andwhere there is no danger of pinching, or injuring the hand or flngers ofthe person grasping the umbrella.

The rays of light from the bulb l2 impinges upon the end 25 of the staffB and passes therethrough until it enters the tip II) when the lightrays can be seen from the methyl methacrylate plastic tip Ill.

The flashlight bulb is spaced a distance from the end 25 of the staff Bso that the rays of light will be seen on the handle end of the staff B.The flashlight may be revolved about the pins l6, into a downwardposition so that a party can use the direct rays of the light from thebulb iii if they should desire to use the flashlight rays direct. Theflashlight G contains the customary provisions for removing the drycells and provisions for removing the bulb for replacement purposes.

It should be apparent that when the umbrella is in use with thecovering, generally designated as E, open, there is little danger of theflashlight being rendered inoperative by water penetrating therein;there is no danger of the tip of the staff being short-circuited, andwhen a person uses the umbrella. in a raised position, the tip ill willstand out because at night it is visible, or when the party is walkingalong the road the umbrella may be seen from a vehicle; the device alsomay-be used as a signaling device to indicate either distress or thatassistance is wanted.

It is to be noted that the stafi and the various elements outside of thecover of the umbrella. are made of a plastic nonebreakable, flexible,sturdy, easily molded and machined product, which will not readilycollect dirt and which need not be painted, but which may, for difierentpurposes said spaced arms, said concave inner surfaces of said spacedarms grasping said illuminating unit, and said illuminating unit beingrotatable to any position on said bearings attached to said band, saidilluminating unit being adapted to have its rays of light pass throughthe methacrylate acid resin product and tip for the purpose of conveyingthe rays of light therein.

2. An illuminated umbrella comprising a stick of methyl methacrylateacid resin product for transmitting light rays, a tip of molded methylmethacrylate acid resin, a pair of spaced arms of methyl methacrylateacid resin, each arm having a concave inner surface, an illuminatingunit positioned between said spaced arms whereby said illuminating unitis rotatable to any position, a

contain a dye to produce different colored handle,

tip and stick.

Although my invention has been described in considerable detail, suchdescription is intended as illustrative rather than limiting, since theinvention may be variously embodied, and the scope of the invention isto be determined as claimed.

I claim as my invention:

1. An illuminated umbrella com-prising a stick of methyl methacrylateacid resin product for transmitting light rays, a tip of molded methylmethacrylate acid resin, a pair of spaced arms of methyl methacrylateacid resin, each arm having a concave inner surface, an illuminatingunit positioned between said spaced arms whereby said illuminating-unitis rotatable to any position, a band fastened about said illuminatingunit, bearings attached to said band and passing through band fastenedabout said illuminating unit, bearings attached to said band and passingthrough said spaced arms, said concave inner surfaces of said spacedarms grasping said illuminating unit, and said illuminating unit beingrotatable to any position on said bearings attached to said band, saidilluminating unit being adapted to have its rays of light pass throughthe methacrylate acid resin product and tip for the purpose of conveyingthe rays of light therein, said bearings overhanging the outside surfaceof the spaced arms, a helical spring surrounding each of the overhangingbearings, one end of each spring pressing against each arm and againstthe outside end of the bearing whereby the spaced arms will beresiliently pressed against the illuminating unit.

ANNA L. CAMPBELL.

